Stockdale High School (Bakersfield, California)

Stockdale High School is an American senior high school located in Bakersfield, California. Its athletics teams are known as the Stockdale Mustangs and the school colors are black and silver. Stockdale High School first opened in 1991. Now in its 20th year, with approximately 2,200 students enrolled, has an API of 828, and Stockdale has earned a reputation in the community and around the state as a school that meets the needs of all students. Sixty-four sections of GATE, Honors, and Advanced Placement classes are offered for the college-bound. For students interested in career pathways, eight courses are offered, including Agricultural Science and Technology, Applied Engineering and Design, Computer and Commercial Graphics, Computer Science and Information Systems, Accounting and Finance, Medicine (M.A.S.H.), Virtual Business Enterprise, and Construction Technology. The school motto is "Branded by Excellence." In 2010, Newsweek ranked Stockdale among the top 6 percent of all public schools in the United States.^[1] That same year, Parenting.com named Bakersfield among the five worst places for education.^[1]

Associated Student Body

Stockdale High School's official student governing body is the Associated Student Body (ASB). The ASB Executive Board is made up of two representatives from each class as well as a panel of board members elected by the students. The Executive Board oversees all dances, clubs, student groups, activities, community service, and various other school events.

Programs

• The Stockdale High School Silver Mustang Band and Colorguard.

• Stockdale Cares Program - The Associated Student Body (ASB) organizes, funds (when needed), and is in charge of the Stockdale Cares Program. This program involves community service projects throughout the year ranging from canned food drives to holiday gift drives. In the past they have responded to national and global disasters, raising funds for Hurrican Katrina victims, Tsunami victims, victims of the September 11, 2001 attacks, and other crises. Along with Medical Academy and HOSA, the ASB helps advertise and promote two yearly Blood Drives with Houchin Blood Bank.

• Medical Academy and HOSA - The Medical Academy of Stockdale High (MASH) has its own Health Occupation Students of America club (HOSA). Students enter the academy their freshman year and take special medically-focused classes throughout the remainder of their high school careers.

Notable Students

• David Carr, former quarterback for the Houston Texans and the New York Giants
• Grant Desme – Centerfielder at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo (Big West Conference Player of the Year); drafted in 2007 by the Oakland Athletics; retired in 2010 after being named Arizona Fall League MVP, to enter a Catholic seminary to study for the priesthood.
• Casey Mears, NASCAR driver
• Cory Hall, former NFL free safety for the Cincinnati Bengals attended Stockdale High School his freshman through junior year before transferring to South High School.

District

Stockdale High School is a part of the Kern High School District, one of the largest high school districts in the state of California. Stockdale High's boundaries cover much of the southwest corner of Bakersfield, California.

References

External links

• Stockdale High School
• Kern High School District